Shawn M. Gage

General Electric Capital Corp. provides financial products and services. Its services include commercial loans and leases, fleet management, financial programs, credit cards, personal loans, and other financial services. The firm’s solutions include energy finance and aviation finance. The company was founded in 1943 and is headquartered in Norwalk, CT.

Cardiac Pathways Corp. designs, develops and manufactures cardiac diagnosis systems. Its products consist principally of systems for performing ablation treatment and for diagnostic mapping. Cardiac Pathways is located in Sunnyvale, CA.

Synecor LLC (Synecor) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Richard S. Stack, William N. Starling, and Judith L. Swain. The firm is headquartered in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

BaroSense Inc. operates as a medical device company that focuses on the research and development of minimally invasive medical devices for the treatment of obesity. The company was founded by Richard S. Stack and William N. Starling, Jr. in 2001 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

Liquidia Technologies, Inc. is a clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of human therapeutics using its proprietary PRINT technology to transform the lives of patients. It operates in two segments: Pharmaceutical Products and Partnering & Licensing. The two product candidates from its pipeline: LIQ861 for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension and LIQ865 for the treatment of local post-operative pain. Liquidia Technologies was founded by Joseph M. DeSimone, Ashok K. Mendiratta, Edward T. Samulski, William R. Kenan, Ginger Denison and Jason Rolland in 2004 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

MedShape, Inc. develops and commercializes a portfolio of surgical solutions that use patented material technologies. It offers ExoShape soft tissue fasteners for fixation of the soft tissue graft on the tibial side of the knee joint in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)reconstructions; and The ExoShape teno soft tissue fasteners for the fixation of connective soft tissues (tendons and ligaments) to bone during tenodesis, tendon transfer, and ligament reconstruction procedures in the extremities. The company was founded by Douglas J. Pacaccio and Kenneth A. Gall in 2005 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Synergy Life Science Partners LP invests in companies located in the United States. The fund targets companies operating in the fields of medical device and drugs. It provides financing for early stage capital requirements.

Humacyte Global, Inc. engages in the manufacture of human acellular matrix products for vascular and non-vascular applications. It offers its products to the cardiovascular, cosmetic, soft tissue reconstruction, neurosurgical, and orthopedic markets. The company was founded by Laura E. Niklason, Juliana L. Blum and Shannon L. M. Dahl in 2004 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Duke University is an academic university that offers undergraduate, graduate and professional programs. It also has publications and research services. The university was founded in 1838 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (GS&Co.) is a securities brokerage firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1927, the firm is a subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS). GS&Co. provides services to help hedge funds manage risk, monitor portfolios, maintain liquidity and build their businesses. They offer clients access to global equity and derivatives markets, as well as foreign exchange, commodities, European Lefts, rates and credit across the Americas, Europe and Asia. The firm proactively monitors capital markets, searching for pockets of liquidity and news that may require changes to those strategies. Integration with the Goldman Sachs network gives clients access to the firm's sectored block trades and their insights into price discovery. Their electronic trading program provides clients with tools to manage their trades from pre-trade analytics to post-trade analysis.

University of Southern California is a private research university that mainly offers undergraduate, graduate & other higher education. The university was founded in 1880 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, CA.

Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. manufactures medical devices. It also makes cardiac and peripheral vascular repair surgical systems. The company was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Part of Medtronic Plc, Novacor, Inc. is an American company that develops artificial heart and related technologies. The company is based in CA. Novacor was acquired by World Heart Corp., a subsidiary of Medtronic Plc from Edwards Lifesciences Corp. on June 30, 2000 for $58 million.

NC IDEA (Venture Capital) is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of NC IDEA founded in 1900. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

IDEA Fund Partners LLC (IDEA Fund Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 2007 by David P. Rizzo, John Cambier and Lister Delgado. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

Synergy Management Company I LLC (Synergy Management Company) is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 by Richard S. Stack, William N. Starling and John Onopchenko. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Atrius Health, Inc. provides healthcare services. It offers a variety of programs for patients with asthma, heart disease, diabetes, AIDS, and cancer. Its services include CT scan, endoscopy, mammography, and weight management. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.

Interventional Autonomics Corp. supplies pharmaceutical products. The American company was founded in 2008 by William N. Starling.

Acorn Innovestments LLC (Acorn Innovestments) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina.

i360medical Ltd. provides healthcare and medical device solutions. It offers medical device companies, SMEs and entrepreneurs the opportunity to have specialist clinicians and medical device engineers collaboratively validate their devices and assist them with their clinical investigation and commercialization needs across six development stages. The company was founded by Derek Young in 2012 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Atrius Ltd. operates a healthcare center. The company is based in Ledbury, UK. The British company was founded in 2003 by William N. Starling, who has been the CEO since 2003.

Aegis Surgical Ltd. develops healthcare equipment for the treatment of symptomatic aortic stenosis. The company was founded by William N. Starling Jr. and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Part of NeuroTronik, Inc., Neurotronik Ltd. is an Irish company that manufactures medical and surgical equipment as well as orthopedic appliances. The company is based in Dublin, Ireland. The company was founded by William N. Starling.

VarmX BV is a spin-off from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) founded in 2016 by Professor Pieter Reitsma, a world-leading expert in hemostasis and thrombosis. VarmX is based in Leiden, NL. The Dutch company's lead compound, VMX-C001, is a modified recombinant blood factor X developed for the treatment of severe spontaneous bleeding and for the prevention of bleeding during urgent surgery in patients taking oral factor Xa inhibitors (FXa DOACs) as anticoagulation therapy. The company is supported by a strong syndicate of investors. Jan K. Öhrström has been the CEO of the company since 2018.

Aqua Medical, Inc. develops disruptive, vapor-based, endoscopic, ablation technology to treat gastrointestinal disease and prevent GI cancers. The company was founded by Virender K. Sharma and is headquartered in Santa Ana, CA.

Yor Labs, Inc. offers an ultraportable-handheld device for diagnostic care. The company is headquartered in Portland, OR.

restor3d, Inc. provides health care services. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Deep Blue Medical Advances, Inc. operates as a biotechnology firm. It offers t-line mesh and anchor clips solutions. The company was founded by Howard Levinson and Ken Gall in March 2015 and is headquartered in Durham, NC.

Sparta Biomedical, Inc. has developed a breakthrough device called ORMI™ to treat knee osteoarthritis. The company is based in Madison, NJ. The device has been granted breakthrough device designation by the FDA. The company is committed to improving motion, reducing pain, and increasing the quality of life of patients with osteoarthritis. ORMI™ is different from other technologies that focus on cartilage regeneration approaches, which can take a long time to grow and not be as strong as the original. The company was founded by Dushyanth Surakanti and Dimitrios Angelis, and Dushyanth Surakanti has been the CEO since incorporation.

SonoVascular, Inc. provides endovascular treatment services. The company is based in Chapel Hill, NC. The CEO of the company is Daniel E. Estay.

Conveyor Cardiovascular Ltd. is an Irish company that engages in research and development of natural sciences. The company is based in Dublin, Ireland. The CEO of the company is William N. Starling.